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Every law student knows res ipsa loquitur, Latin for “the thing speaks for itself,” first applied in an 1863 lawsuit in which a barrel fell from a window and hit a passerby. The court ruled in the plaintiff’s favor because the facts were so clear.

This past week I had the opportunity to travel to South Carolina to attend Charleston Fashion Week. Having lived in New York and attended numerous Fashion Week showings, I was more than skeptical that a small Southern town could compete with the glitz and glam of the Big Apple tents. But let me tell you—I was beyond surprised at the level of talent, style, design, and media craziness on display in this historic city!

After a long battle with cancer, local stylist, designer, and all-around creator Tian Justman has died. She was 33.

On Monday morning, Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed took time out from negotiating the region's looming transportation infrastructure plan to announce the city's second annual Fashion's Night Out event. "I want you all to know this must be important," Reed told a packed press conference at the W Buckhead hotel. "Because right now, I'm in the middle of negotiating a $6.5 billion transportation deal!" The city's fashionistas gave Reed a hearty round of applause (under state law, the ambitious plan has to be voted on Monday afternoon).

Less than 24 hours after Kanye West posted the list of pop-up stores selling merchandise promoting the tour for his seventh studio album, The Life of Pablo, lines extended at least 100 deep at Lenox Square.

Phipps Plaza and Lenox Square now offer personal shoppers. After a complimentary consultation, it’s $75 an hour for an escorted shopping tour—or for them to just shop for you.

It’s no secret Atlanta’s darling design duo Sid and Ann Mashburn have plans to run the world’s go-to lifestyle brand. And this October, coinciding with the tenth anniversary of Sid’s eponymous menswear store, they’re diving in with their first concept shop alongside their flagships at Westside Provisions District.

It's hard not to feel a bit patriotic this year when days are filled with shorts, sunshine, and plenty of excuses to slug down an ice-cold local beer.

Last year, Georgia’s film and television industry drew in $3.3 billion, putting the city’s creatives in the spotlight—from costume designers to makeup mavens and hair stylists. Here are a few of the artists behind some of your favorite looks on the screen.

At half past six on Monday evening, there was just one thing missing in the VIP lounge at the 21st annual Jeffrey Fashion Cares private meet-and-greet with Jeffrey Kalinsky at the American Cancer Society building downtown. Clad in blue jogging shorts, the Atlanta and New York retailer was still downstairs, engrossed in a last-minute consult with event chair and bff Lila Hertz as the models did one last run through on the catwalk. But it’s this attention to detail that has made Fashion Cares one of the city’s most anticipated fundraisers of the social season.